This week, I want to talk about colored pencils and coloring without limits. You can color without a preconceived idea, without outlines, and without sketching. You only need to feel drawn to one...
In this post, we explore the color white and find ideas on how we could change the way we use it in art-making. I posted this painting about a month ago, but I still had to fix it! You might not ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/using-white-as-a-color-in-painting-and-drawing/
This week I have a video that is made for all who love art and love creating art. It’s about my artistic journey from painting to digital 3D art. My new digital creations move and change color ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/from-painting-to-digital-3d-art/
This week, I share my word for 2024 and thoughts about the good and bad in the sense of belonging. I also have a new finished painting! I haven’t used acrylic paints on a canvas for a long time...
This week, I have something very different than before: cross stitch! Buy my first commercial design Primavera from my Etsy shop called Needle and Peony! There are two main reasons for designing ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/designing-cross-stitch-patterns/
I have often wondered why I am an artist. The first answer that comes to mind is creative freedom. “Creative” and “freedom” seem like easy words at first. Everyone wants to be creative, r...
This week, I share spring-themed art from the past 10 years and give ideas for creating spring art. There’s a variety of ideas and I hope everyone can find some that inspire to get creating! #1...
This week, we talk about the agony that’s associated with finishing. Last fall, I had a turning point when I started making digital art. I’m not giving up painting, though. There will be just...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/ninety-ninety-rule-for-art-making/
This week, I share my latest new media art and thoughts about my career as an artist. This is a sequel to the blog post called Beginner’s Video Art that was published last month. Unstill Still ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/artists-life-starting-new-media-art/
This week, we paint quick abstract flowers freely without any references. I have a black Dylusions Creative Journal and make small paintings there occasionally. It is especially good when there�...
Let’s think about new beginnings and give one to our art-making! In recent months, I have felt that a new era has begun in my life. It has been surprising. I have thought that I am already too ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/new-beginnings-in-art-making/
Only available in Feb-March 2024! This is a new course that is based on one of my retired courses called Liberated Artist. In this course, we travel back to 2015 to meet younger Paivi and create ...
https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/lets-revisit-liberated-artist/